A body has been found in a park in Camberwell as police search for missing nurse Petra Srncova.

At around 11.40am today (Sunday), police were called by a member of the public to reports of the body of a woman that had been found in Brunswick Park.

The woman's death is being treated as unexplained at this early stage.

While formal identification awaits, Petra’s family have been informed of this development.

Police are still at the scene.

Petra Srncova, 32, from Camberwell, was reported missing on Friday, December 3 by a concerned colleague.

She works at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, next to St Thomas’s Hospital.

A man, with no further details given by police, was been arrested in connection with her disappearance and taken into custody.

Petra is believed to have left Evelina London Children’s Hospital at 7.45pm on Sunday, November, 28.

She is thought to have been wearing a green coat and carrying a red backpack at the time.

Officers say she withdrew money from a cashpoint, before getting on to a bus towards Elephant and Castle.

She then changed to a new bus travelling towards her home address in Camberwell, where she was last sighted at 8.22pm.

Police contacted her family in her native Czech Republic and they had not heard from her.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police have been appealing for information to trace missing senior nurse assistant Petra Srncova from Camberwell.

"At approximately 11:40hrs on Sunday, 12 December police were called by a member of the public to reports of the body of a woman that had been found in Brunswick Park, SE5.

"Officers remain on scene at the location.

"At this early stage, the woman's death is being treated as unexplained.

"While formal identification awaits, Petra’s family have been informed of this development."

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